BEIGING, July 10, 2018 (WAFA) – Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that his country will support Palestinian economic development with $15 million as part of a package for development of Middle Eastern countries.

Xi made this pledge during a meeting with representatives of 21 Arab countries as part of the eighth ministerial meeting of the Chinese-Arab States Cooperation Forum held in Beijing.

He said that development is the key to many security problems in the Middle East.

China and Palestine signed in December a memorandum of understanding to study the feasibility of the Free Trade Area Agreement between the two countries.

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